Rock Hall, MD – Multi Grammy-nominated bluegrass supergroup Blue Highway make their Mainstay debut Saturday August 3 at 8pm. Tickets are $30 online or $35 by phone reservation or at the door. Information and advance ticket sales are available on the Mainstay’s website at www.mainstayrockhall.org
Multiple Grammy-nominated bluegrass supergroup BLUE HIGHWAY makes their Mainstay debut! Not only that, but they will be at The Mainstay the day after their highly anticipated new record drops. This not-to miss show is supported in part by the Chuck Redd Fund.
Highly esteemed bluegrass band Blue Highway has earned a collective 28 IBMA Awards, 6 SPBGMA Awards, one Dove Award, plus three Grammy nominations as a band. Most recently, Blue Highway’s #1 album “Original Traditional” was nominated for a 2017 GRAMMY Award forBest Bluegrass Album. Blue Highway was voted the Favorite Bluegrass Artist of All Time by the readers of Bluegrass Today in April 2016. The band’s newest album “Somewhere Far Away: Silver Anniversary” releases on August 2, 2019 and is available for Pre-Order on June 21 in our Music Store.
Blue Highway charted the Most Radio Airplay of any Bluegrass Artist in 2014, storming national airplay charts with their heralded album ‘The Game.’ ‘The Game’ topped multiple charts at #1 including reigning at # 1 for 7 consecutive months on the Bluegrass Unlimited Album Chart and was named the #1 Bluegrass Album of the Year by critic Daniel Mullins in his end of the year Top 20 Albums of 2014 list in Bluegrass Today.
In 2019, Blue Highway celebrates 25 years of touring, with four of the original members still on board. As momentum continues to build for the 25 year strong powerhouse band, Blue Highway is rolling on with a rich legacy carried on by three powerhouse songwriters and vocalists in Tim Stafford, Wayne Taylor, and Shawn Lane, whose harmonies soar over the dynamic banjo of Jason Burleson and the tasteful Dobro of Gary Hultman.
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The Mainstay (Home of Musical Magic) is the friendly informal storefront performing arts center on Rock Hall’s old time Main Street. It is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit dedicated to the arts, serving Rock Hall, MD and the surrounding region and is committed to presenting local, regional and national level talent, at a reasonable price, in an almost perfect acoustic setting. Information and advance ticket sales are available on the Mainstay’s website http://www.mainstayrockhall.org.
Upcoming Mainstay performances include:
August 5 – Joe Holt welcomes Fred Hughes
August 9 – Sue Matthews and the American Jazz Trio
August 12 – Joe Holt welcomes Alex Lacquement
August 19 – Joe Holt welcomes Pat Mercuri
August 26 – Joe Holt SOLO SHOW
August 31 – Kathy Kallick Band
September 2 – Joe Holt welcomes Beth McDonald
September 7 – The Mainstay Blues Series: Eleanor Ellis
September 9 – Joe Holt welcomes Brian Whitaker
September 12 – Chestertown Jazz Fest Kickoff with Larry McKenna Quartet
September 16 – C-town Jazz Fest Closer w/ Joe Holt, Max Murray, Frank Russo
September 21 – International Ukelele star Victoria Vox
September 23 – Joe Holt welcomes Keith Thompson
September 28 – Billy Price and the Charm City Rhythm Band